If things had turned out differently, Tom Dolphin would now be a Labour MP, sitting on the government’s backbenches and supporting Wes Streeting, the health secretary.
Instead he is the newly elected chair of the British Medical Association, the UK’s main doctors union. Its almost 55,000 resident doctor members in England, gave the government a huge headache this week by voting to strike for up to six months in pursuit of a 29% pay rise, starting with a five-day walkout from 25-30 July.
